Archive for September, 2011
Sep
30
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By Gabby Reece, Hybrid Mom
“You can rest when you’re dead.” This is a saying that really resonates with our modern culture, where we are pressured to work hard and then play hard. There is no way around it: If you don’t rest regularly, you’ll be dead a lot sooner.
Are you on the road to burn out?
There are people who are addicted to constant activities. They may be workaholics who are looking for the adrenaline high, and when missing it they become depressed and tired. There are people who are simply trapped in their work/life out-of-balance scenario, and then they feel no control over what they do, going from anger to nervousness to giving up. Burn out, when sustained over time, can result in collapse, such as when someone has...
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Sep
30
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By Jenny Schafer, Celebritybabyscoop.com
Former Miss Louisiana and Miss USA, Ali Landry — a small-town girl from Breaux Bridge, La. — became a household name after that infamous 1998 Super Bowl Doritos commercial. As mom to an adorable 4-year-old and with her second on the way, it’s a crazy-busy time for Ali. She’s getting ready for her new reality TV show “Hollywood Moms’ Club,” and recently hosted The Red CARpet Event to help spread the word about the critical importance of car seat safety.
Ali — a certified car seat installation technician — talks to Celebrity Baby Scoop about “getting the word out that securing children properly” is important in order to help prevent “thousands of children (that) are tragically injured or killed...
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Sep
29
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By John Ewoldt, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
School hadn’t even started in Lisa Churchill Jolly’s Blaine, Minn., neighborhood, but her doorbell rang more than a dozen times with students selling raffle tickets, Gold C coupon books, Subway restaurant cards, magazines, even egg rolls. And those were just the late-summer drives.
“In the fall, the hockey and basketball players will be out, then the elementary school kids do a fundraiser around the holidays, and in the spring the lacrosse players join in,” said Churchill Jolly.
As young salespeople race to be the first on the block to make their pitch, parents, students and administrators are wondering if the “would you like to buy?” appeals are getting out of hand. Few question that the...
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Sep
29
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Contra Costa Times
Last month, Sarah and Nathan Regudon thought it would be fun to find out the gender of their baby with their entire extended family present.
Because the Pleasant Hill, Calif. couple couldn’t invite their relatives into the room for the five-month ultrasound, they did the next best thing: hired a baker and threw a “gender cake” party.
It’s one of the more elaborate trends among expectant parents. Shield your eyes during the ultrasound, and have the technician write down the gender on a piece of paper. Ask a trustworthy, tight-lipped third party to deliver the note to a bakery that can turn around a pink or blue cake in time for the big reveal. On the outside, the cakes are often decorated in simple white frosting or...
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Sep
28
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By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — More than 1.7 million toy workshop and tool sets from toy-maker Little Tikes are being recalled because of choking concerns.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the play tool sets have oversized, plastic toy nails that might cause young children to choke.
The recall is an expansion of a 2009 recall of about 1.6 million workshop sets and trucks with the same toy nails. The new recall involves an additional 11 models.
Little Tikes of Hudson, Ohio, has reported two additional incidents in which children choked when the toy nail became lodged in their throat. Both children made a full recovery. The incidents occurred before the 2009 recall.
The workshop and tool sets were sold by retailers nationwide...
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Sep
28
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The Associated Press
EMPORIA, Kan. — Federal agriculture officials say Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef that might be contaminated with E. coli.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the department became aware of the problem when health officials notified the agency Monday about E. coli illnesses in Butler County, Ohio. Ground beef collected from the patients’ homes tested positive for the bacteria.
The products being recalled include Kroger-brand ground beef; Butcher’s Brand beef and generic label beef. All the beef was produced Aug. 23. The Kroger beef has a product code of D-0211 QW; the Butcher’s Brand code is D-0211 LWIF and generic label’s product code is D-0211...
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Sep
27
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By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press
MANCHESTER, Conn. — When Keith Wearne goes grocery shopping, checking out with a cashier is worth the few extra moments, rather than risking that a self-serve machine might go awry and delay him even more.
Most shoppers side with Wearne, studies show. And with that in mind, some grocery store chains nationwide are bagging the do-it-yourself option, once considered the wave of the future, in the name of customer service.
“It’s just more interactive,” Wearne said during a recent shopping trip at Manchester’s Big Y Foods. “You get someone who says hello; you get a person to talk to if there’s a problem.”
Big Y Foods, which has 61 locations in Connecticut and Massachusetts, recently became...
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Sep
27
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By JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The U.S jewelry industry wants states to overturn laws that limit the toxic metal cadmium in children’s trinkets and adopt new voluntary guidelines it helped create, saying stricter rules in several states create chaos for manufacturers and importers.
Persuading legislators to reopen the issue won’t be an easy sell: Many consumer and environmental advocates say the new guidelines weaken protection of children’s health.
While the voluntary rules have the support of federal regulators, states that passed much stricter limits over the past year would have to backtrack and allow higher levels of a metal that can cause cancer.
That didn’t sound likely.
“Maryland ought...
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Sep
26
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By Jennifer Berger, Newsday
Monica Mahar’s children love to act out stories and would rather play than watch TV.
“They have amazing imaginations and prefer to play with their dolls and toys,” said Mahar, of East Rockaway, N.Y., who has three children under the age of 7. By today’s standards, Mahar’s children watch a small amount of television, an hour here or there and some days, none at all.
“They’re probably not the norm because I’ve always limited their choices,” she said. “My oldest reads several levels above her current grade, and I’m sure this is why.”
On the other hand, Emily Sigerson, of Center Moriches, N.Y., who has three young daughters, believes that appropriate television viewing may be...
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Sep
26
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By Marla Jo Fisher, The Orange County Register
If you’ve ever been in an elementary school, you may have noticed that there are always volunteer moms running around the place.
The more expensive the neighborhood, the more likely that moms can afford to help out. And, bless them, our schools couldn’t run without them.
There are also the generalissimo moms who run things with such efficiency that you’re a little scared of them. Today, Hoover School. Tomorrow, the World.
My friend Nancy, who helps around her school but who is not a little Mussolini, posed me this question: Why aren’t there more room dads? In this day and age, why does that job category remain almost exclusively female?
After my exhaustive scientific...
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